I shut off the alarm and went back to sleep on Monday. I
woke up at 7:00 a.m., which meant I was 15 minutes late for work!
I went to the Newburgh Grille for lunch. I got a cup of
their beef vegetable soup and a patty melt. Then I went down to CVS and got a
birthday card for my sister-in-law, Jean.
It snowed lightly in the afternoon, but driving home was no
problem.
I took the plastic off the desk, just so I wasn’t trapping
anything under it for the next week. Then I gathered all the trash up for
Tuesday morning.
I had several food things I need to use up, so I started making
my dinner early (for me, anyway.) I sautéed a container of sliced button
mushrooms, with some diced onions and four cloves of minced garlic. I seasoned
them with just salt and pepper and then set them aside to cool.
I took my three fat boneless, skinless chicken breasts and,
using a thin knife, cut a pocket in each of them, starting at the small end.
Then I mixed a handful of mozzarella cheese with the mushroom mix and stuffed
each chicken breast as full as I could.
I went to get some Italian bread crumbs and found I had less
than a cup left. Damn! So, I added in about the same amount of grated Parmesan
cheese and mixed them together.
I turned the oven on to 400 degrees F. and then melted some
butter and canola oil in my 12-inch skillet. I breaded each chicken breast in
the bread crumb/cheese mixture and then browned them in the skillet.
When I had a nice crust on them, I stuck the pan in the oven
to finish them off. I made some of the Uncle Ben’s buttered rice (the 90 second
microwave package) for my side.
When I had a 165 degree F. internal temperature in the
chicken, I pulled it out of the oven. I took one breast, plated it and then cut
it in half. I added some of the rice and dinner was served!
It was very, very good for something I just made up.
There was nothing much on TV, so I read a book until
bedtime. When they had cooled, I put the other two chicken breasts in the
fridge along with the rest of the rice. I washed up the skillet and ran the dishwasher.
So, I was golden!
Dinner looks great!
ReplyDeleteYou are a cooking fool! Nice looking dinner.
ReplyDelete@ Both of you! Yeah, I was pleased. First time in a long time I just made up a recipe. The mozzarella was past the date the mushrooms were going bad. So, I winged it, and won!
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